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Not a vim user (but I know how to use it-ish). The escape key as the key in vim always struck me as an odd choice, ergonomically. Of course, I've mapped ctrl t
by eric_h 10y ago
Not a vim user (but I know how to use it-ish). The escape key as the key in vim always struck me as an odd choice, ergonomically.
Of course, I've mapped ctrl to the caps lock key, so...
- vacri 10y agoThe original vi was created on a keyboard that had Esc in the place where CapsLock now lives (on a standard US or UK English 104-key keyboard)
- phaemon 10y agoThe original `vi` was written on an ADM-3A terminal. If you have a look at the keyboard layout https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADM-3A#/media/File:KB_Terminal_ADM3A.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADM-3A#/media/File:KB_Terminal... You can not only see why Esc was easy to hit, but also the arrow keys (and, in common with other terminals of the time, why "home" is "~")